At my censored blog this was one of the core topics, which has been picked up here as well. Turkey, Iran ink MoU in presence of Erdogan, Raisi The ceremony of inking the agreement of joint cooperation was held at Sa’daabad Historical Palace in capital Tehran on Tuesday before President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his […]
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As we all know John Bolton has played his role in fomenting coups. He admitted it the other day. What should come as no surprise to my long term readership is John Bolton has Turkey in his sights. The attempted coup back in 2016 didn’t go as planned. So a “big gun” was needed John […]
Hopefully Ukraine will agree to complete the deal. Ukraine grain exports deal to be signed next week, says Turkey Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations are due to sign a deal next week aimed at resuming Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports, but U.N. chief Antonio Guterres warned there was still “a long way to […]
Reuters ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday that military delegations from Turkey, Russia and Ukraine will meet with a United Nations delegation to discuss the safe export of Ukrainian grain. The meeting will take place on July 13, Akar said. That’s tomorrow! “Military delegations from Turkey, Russia and Ukraine and […]
Less superficial then the usual analysis. Turkey has had an uneasy history as a NATO member country. The push and pull of strategic autonomy constantly grated against a security guarantee the alliance offered, and also a way of reinforcing its western identity. The west, in turn, wanted Turkey because of the Cold War. The enigma […]
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-10988257/Turkey-asks-Sweden-Finland-extradite-suspects.html Turkey has sent letters to Sweden and Finland renewing its request for the extradition of people it considers terror suspects, the Turkish justice minister said Wednesday. Turkey last week lifted its deal-breaking objections to Sweden and Finland´s NATO accession. But Ankara has warned that it could still block the process if the two Nordic […]
Effectively nothing has changed in the Turkish stance. Turkey’s leadership stated they may VETO and they are still making the same statement.Despite flawed interpretations made by some on line who’ve opted to NOT take notice of actual statements and advance preconceived notions of their own. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-nato-turkey-sweden-169a0386e3f6016da0b519b265645575 BRUSSELS (AP) — The 30 NATO allies signed off […]
Following up on the topic covered below Nord news Erdogan issued his straightforward warning at the end of a NATO summit in which the US-led alliance formally invited the Nordic countries to join the 30-nation bloc. A 10-point memorandum signed by the three sides alongside the NATO summit on Tuesday seemed to address many of […]
I’ve been watching this news and the way it’s been presented and the one thought that ran through my mind repeatedly was…. “This deal is not being presented accurately” Following realpolitik for more years than I care to admit.. Since March 2008. Which means after just over 14 years there are some things you know […]
Link A “control center” is to be established for the grain corridor if Russian and Ukrainian sides reach an agreement in a meeting to be held in Istanbul soon, said the Turkish foreign minister on Thursday. “If an agreement is signed in Istanbul, then there would be a control center to be established as a […]